VALUE OF ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY AND IMMUNO HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ESTABLISHING THE PROGNOSIS OF CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS

Authors
VANDEWALLE JP FOURCADE L PANAGIDES D HARLE JR PELLISSIER JF TOUZE JE BORY M
Citation
Jp. Vandewalle et al., VALUE OF ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY AND IMMUNO HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ESTABLISHING THE PROGNOSIS OF CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 87(2), 1994, pp. 235-239
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
87
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
235 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1994)87:2<235:VOEBAI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The authors report four cases of cardiac amyloidosis, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy. They underline the valu e of immuno-histological studies with labelling of the biopsy fragment s with anti-transthyretin and anti-light chain immunoglobulin antibodi es. This approach provides a more precise typing of amyloidosis and a more accurate evaluation of die prognosis.